Netflix Will Make Sci-Fi and Fantasy Shows and Movies Its Main Focus

Get ready for more strange things.

By Brian Barnett

Netflix subscribers who love science fiction and fantasy, get ready, because the service is making those genres it's main focus from this point forward.

According to Ampere Analysis, via Business Insider, sci-fi and fantasy has become the most popular genre of Netflix original programming in Q1 of 2018, and Netflix is ramping up production to meet an anticipated increase in demand.

Ampere Analysis went on to say the genre will comprise 29 percent of Netflix's upcoming original content, which is unsurprising, given the success of Stranger Things, Altered Carbon, Black Mirror, and others.

The previous top category was comedy, which led the pack in Q1 of 2017, but has since dropped to second place, followed by action and adventure.